Safety0ff commented

Can you elaborate when this becomes an issue, maybe with a screen shot?

It makes sense for explosions and such.

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MaNGusT commented

It doesn't make sense at all! I think that sometimes devs don't trust their eyes. )

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MaNGusT uploaded file screenshots.zip (2110.9 KiB)

look at transparent center of effect in game, then look at texture

NanoTech commented

The page-58 texture you posted doesn't look like it was made for use with regular blending, given its hard edges. I'm not saying there shouldn't be dark smoke at all, but that texture in particular isn't suited for it.

Cyp commented

Think the bright part should be additively blended, and the smoke should be regularly blended. Think a kind of pre-multiplied alpha could work, where the bright part has alpha 0 (leaving the RGB as it is), and the smoke being regular pre-multiplied alpha. Don't know if image editing programs are suited for that, though.

MaNGusT uploaded file firesmoke.zip (247.6 KiB)

here are splitted fire and smoke.

MaNGusT uploaded file page-58-minipod_exp.png (250.2 KiB)

improved*

MaNGusT uploaded file fxmpexp.pie (0.3 KiB)

minipod hitgfx model for page-58 texture

MaNGusT commented

you need to change the scale of effect in stats btw, from 25% to 100%.

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Cyp commented

Add a premultiplied alpha render mode.

To render explosions with it, add a connector:
CONNECTORS 1
0 3 0

Fixes #3024.

• Changeset: [/changeset/f3ba2378e54ab0557db4a20c876043f8be059906 f3ba2378e54ab0557db4a20c876043f8be059906]
• URL: Warzone2100/warzone2100@f3ba237

MaNGusT commented

will it work with all explosion gfx? like hitgfx,missgfx etc.

Cyp commented

Think those should work.

And same for projectiles. Except the projectiles should have two connectors, first should be 0 3 0 if it shouldn't face the camera, or 1 3 0 to rotate to the camera like a cylinder, or 2 3 0 to rotate like a sphere. And the second connector should be the middle of the projectile (which should probably usually be 0 0 0). (Explosion effects always rotate parallel with the camera near plane, which is almost, but not quite, like rotating to face the camera.)

cybersphinx commented

Change new PIE modes to use flags instead of connectors.

Introduced in 82e00bf7747af4962a32b67e4215d40298bbf9b3:

Roll to camera uses TYPE x1x instead of a "1 x 0" connector.

Pitch to camera uses TYPE x2x instead of a "2 x 0" connector.

Additive uses TYPE xx1/xx2 to dis/enable instead of a "x 1 0"/"x 2 0" connector.

Introduced in f3ba2378e54ab0557db4a20c876043f8be059906:

Premultiplied uses TYPE xx4 instead of a "x 3 0" connector.

Refs #3024.

• Changeset: [/changeset/97a7c6a1daa528a83dfed1a6801f35472f6a78bf 97a7c6a1daa528a83dfed1a6801f35472f6a78bf]
• URL: [97]a7c6a1daa528a83dfed1a6801f35472f6a78bf

Cyp commented

Add a premultiplied alpha render mode.

To render explosions with it, add a connector:
CONNECTORS 1
0 3 0

Fixes #3024.

• Changeset: [/changeset/f3ba2378e54ab0557db4a20c876043f8be059906 f3ba2378e54ab0557db4a20c876043f8be059906]
• URL: Warzone2100/warzone2100@f3ba237

cybersphinx commented

Change new PIE modes to use flags instead of connectors.

Introduced in 82e00bf7747af4962a32b67e4215d40298bbf9b3:

Roll to camera uses TYPE x1x instead of a "1 x 0" connector.

Pitch to camera uses TYPE x2x instead of a "2 x 0" connector.

Additive uses TYPE xx1/xx2 to dis/enable instead of a "x 1 0"/"x 2 0" connector.

Introduced in f3ba2378e54ab0557db4a20c876043f8be059906:

Premultiplied uses TYPE xx4 instead of a "x 3 0" connector.

Refs #3024.

• Changeset: [/changeset/97a7c6a1daa528a83dfed1a6801f35472f6a78bf 97a7c6a1daa528a83dfed1a6801f35472f6a78bf]
• URL: [97]a7c6a1daa528a83dfed1a6801f35472f6a78bf